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"My AMS smells sweet but I am running ethanol too. " -- fringe benefit of rolling corn.

Possible someone else drover your car, nailed a curb, and was afraid to tell you they hurt your baby? It drove home fine, a few days went by and nothing happened, so they thought they were OK. Ignorance being bliss... Even the guys at the oil change place could have done this.

"When exiting the vehicle" everyone has their own technique. Mine is to turn out as far as you can, as close to perpendicular to the car. Then place hand next to where the tire pressure sticker and use it for balance and slight push. Don't, of course, push on the rocker panel or any of the...

ODB2 Scanners should be as common as screwdrivers. 1 trip to the mechanic for a diagnostic pays for the dumb thing 4 times over. It saves you the trip, in many cases helps you sleep at night, and it arms you with info to help guide the service tech person and helps protect you from being taken...

"this supra is just so different Toyota" This ain't no Toyota :) The Germans have a very different POV. Best when you encounter why x, how y, or z is broken is go check the manuals. There's all sort of push three times, hold for 10 seconds, jump up and down on one foot type features. My...

I'd be happy the guy stayed and had a reasonable conversation about the issue. We're all human right. Only thing we can choose is to be civil or an ass. I'd be inclined to work with him to avoid anyone tapping their insurance. But you do want to pick the shop and the technique. If its more...

Ah, the do it all over again test. Should always follow the wiggle test. Which comes after the crowd pleaser; turn it off and on test. Standard protocol for anyone not 100% sure of all the components in a system.

You're going to love it! Moved to an MX5 6 years ago when my son was 13 and now the A90 with him off at uni. You can get easily get away with a 2 seater if you have 1 or fewer kids and your partner has a 4 seater. Basic argument -- if all 3 of you show up at the same place at the same time...

I don't know. I watched that a few times. I'm not sure the Supra coming out of the bushes didn't scare the OP, OP braked hard, Supra saw OP car dip and Supra moved on. I say this because the Supra appears to be slowing (not stopping) to perhaps see around the bush. I'm not convinced that...

Imagine I want to place my wife's purse, a bag of snacks or a couple of sodas BUT I don't want this to fall into trunk. Imagine I have things stacked in the trunk that I'd rather not have fall in this area (hard to reach from trunk). Optionally consider the space over the woofers to the left...

Howdy, Coming from 6 years of MX5, the cabin and trunk space is like the Grand Canyon. (But never doubt the carrying capacity of an MX5 on a sunny day) After living with the car a few months, I'm kind of stuck on how to best use the space. It seems to me that the volume of space above the...

Manual says button is for both pathway lighting and panic mode. Panic mode takes a 3 second press or 3 short presses. Ever try 3 short presses?

There's a reason why airplanes went from bi to mono wing :)

Good idea, more detail... Where does it tap you? Near your neck, small of your back, lower down? Is it dead center, to one side, both sides, alternate with direction of turn. How forceful is it -- is it a tap like a top on your shoulder, is a thump like moving luggage, or a kick like it...

Hmm... sounds like we need some science :)

" owners are all over 70 " -- shots fired!! haha.. I thought it was because the Avalon looks like every other 4 door car on the market. You wouldn't notice if it hit you at the red light.

I get my 93 from RaceTrac. Because race cars fuel at race tracks. Butt dyno tells me it shaves a full 0.10 at the red light near my house.

"Less than three years ... sold close to 50%" "won’t be as rare. " I dunno.. Sounds like sales are same pace to me. And there are more drivers today than there were then. Sounds like we are sitting on an equally if not more rare car.

Just looked under the car. Bizarre. There are little square cut outs where the jack would go. What the hell are you supposed to do with those???

Seems very similar to my old MX5; floor jack under the engine and diff, jack stand on the pinch welds near front/rear wheels. Is the issue with the material where the jack stand would go? They cover the seem with plastic? What do shops with lifts do? I mean, I'd figure the BMW/Toyota...